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New Dinosaur Species Found in Museum Collection

Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Nov. 27, 2014) — A British palaeontologist has discovered a new species of dinosaur while studying fossils in a Canadian museum. Pentaceratops aquilonius was related to Triceratops and lived at the end of the Cretaceous Period, around 75 million years ago. Jim Drury has more.
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Scientists Look to Bring Animals Back From Extinction

Buzz60 (Mar. 21, 2013) — At a National Geographic-sponsored TEDx conference, scientists stated that they looking to bring animals back from extinction. They're considering about 10 species for 'de-extinction' based on desirability, practicality, DNA availability and more. Among those in the running: the dodo and the woolly mammoth.

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Feb. 2, 2010 — Researchers in Spain have compared the disaster caused by the Aznalcóllar spillage in the Dońana National Park in Andalusia 11 years ago with the biggest species extinction known to date. What do ... full story

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Dec. 19, 2011 — For the first time, the presence of large bodied herbivorous dinosaurs in Antarctica has been recorded. Until now, remains of sauropoda had been recovered from all continental landmasses, except ... full story

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